Tool-case for automobiles.



T. J. CHAPPELL.

TOOL CASE FOR AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION FILED MAY 3. I916,

Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

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Patented'Aug. 21, 1917.

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Application men May3,il916. Serial no. 95,141.

To al l 'wkom it may concern:

Be'it known that T, THoMAs Jenn Crane FELL, a citizen of the United States; residing at Cogswell, in the county of Sargent and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool- Casestor Automobiles; and'T do hereby de clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in .the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in tool cases for automobiles.

The object of the present invention is to improvea'the construction of tool cases for automobiles and to provide a simple, practical and inexpensive tool case designed par ticularly foi' use on Ford automobiles and adapted to be arranged beneath the front seat in rear of the legs of the driver or operator in the space unoccupied at present and adapted to be readily opened and closed and. capable when open of arranging the tools upon the floor of the car within easy access at the door of the same and adapted when closed to prevent the tools from rattling or becoming lost.

A further object of the invention is'to provide a tool ,case of this character equipped with a fabric tool bag adapted to receive tools of difl'erent sizes and capable of maintaining the same separate, clean and without any chance to rattle and also adapted to extend the outer or exposed portions of the tools in the same general direction so as to be within easy reach and to facilitate their ready removal by a person standing at theopen doorof'a machine.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and-pointed out in the claims hereto ap mind, it being understood that various c 'anges in the form, proportion andmindr details of construction may be resdrtcd to without departing from the spirit oifisacrificing any out the advantages of the invention.

In the} drawing Fi 1 i afierspective viewof a 'tnwl case constructed accordance with vention and shown applied to a Ford automobile,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view, the

"other types of cars and it comprises in its construction a casing 1 constructed of galvanized sheet. metal or other suitable material. and designed to be painted or otherwise finished and located beneath the front seat 2 in a vertical position and provided at opposite sides with wings or extensions 3' arranged in flushrelation with the front edges of the casing and extending to the sides of the body-6t of the car so as to present a smooth exterior and at the same time support the casing in an upright position. The vertical casing which may be rigidly secured to the automobile by anyv suitable fastening devices and which is shallow is composed of a back,' and narrow top, bottom and side walls 5, 6, and 7 and the extensions or wings 3 are connected with the side Walls and are provided at their outer edges with flanges 8. The sides or wings may be secured to the car in any desired manner and they extend from the top wall to thebottom wall of the shallow vertical casing, suchas screws 8*.

The casing is equipped with a door 9 having top and side flanges 10 and 11 and hinged to the casing at the bottom thereof byaf transverse rod 12, the side flanges 11 beinig cut away at 13 at the bottom to clear the pintle rod 12. The top and side flanges of the door 9 are narrow to correspond with the walls of the vertical casin and they fit within thesame. The side anges 11 are equipped with suitable catches 14 adapted to engage openings 15 in the side walls 0t the casing. The catches yieldably engage the casing and may be of any desired confurther illustration anddes'cription thereof a is .deemed unnecessary.

The door which is hinged at the bottom I of the automobile is adapted to be opened out upon the floor of the same as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings and as shown in full lines in Fig. 3 is equipped with a tool bag 17 constructed of canvas or othersuitable fabric and extending the en, tire length 0? the inner or lower portion of the door and having an angularly disposed upper or outer edge 18 from which extend angularly disposed pockets 19 adapted to receive tools and extending in the same general direction toward the outer corner of the door so as to be within easy reach of a person at the side of the automobile with the door open. By this arrangement the tools may be readily removed from the tool bag'and easily replaced therein. The separate pockets maintain the tools separated.

and prevents-the same from'becoming lost Or rattling.

It will be seen that the 13001 case is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to be readily applied to a Ford or other automobile and that it occupies a relatively small amount of space and is out of the way and at the same tune is capable of enabling an entire set of tools to be quickly arranged in a convenient position for instant use.

at is claimed is: Y

1. A tool case of the class described ineluding a shallow upright casing designed to be arranged beneath the front portion of the seat of an automobile and provided with means for rigidly securing it to the latter, a door hinged at the-bottom to the casing the door.

nasmeo' arranged to swing downward and be supported upon the floor of the automobile and means located at the inner face of the door for holding tools whereby the latter willibearranged uponthe floor of the auto mobile'when the casing is open and will be housed'within the casing when the door is closed.

2. A tool case for automobiles including a shallow upright casing designed to be arranged beneath the front portion of the seat of an automobile and provided at opposite 3. A tool case of the class described including an upright shallow casing composed of top, bottom, and side walls and provided with lateral extensions having flanges at their outer ends and a door hinged at the bottom to the casing and arranged to swing downwardly upon the bottom or floor of the body of an automobile.

4. A tool case of the class described including a shallow upright casing designed to be arranged beneath the front portion of the seat ofian-automobile, a door hinged at the bottom to the casing and arranged to swing downwardly upon the floor of the automobile and a tool bag carried by the door and provided with an inclined edge and having angularly disposed pockets extending toward the upper or outer corner of y In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

' THOMAS J OHN OHAPPELL. Witnesses:

G. L. Srnosnox,

D. V. Ros'mn. 

